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Meet queer pioneer Stormé Delarverie! As a biracial woman born in New Orleans, Delarvarie made her way to New York City where she performed as a singer, often in drag, and would come to be known as the “Rosa Parks” of NYC’s LGBTQ+...

Meet queer pioneer Stormé Delarverie! As a biracial woman born in New Orleans, Delarvarie made her way to New York City where she performed as a singer, often in drag, and would come to be known as the “Rosa Parks” of NYC’s LGBTQ+ community.

Identifying as a lesbian, Delarverie was on the forefront of “butch” fashion culture in the ‘40s and '50s, blurring the lines between a masculine and feminine appearance, and often performing on stage as a man.

While there are conflicting accounts as to who sparked the Stonewall uprising, some believe DeLarverie’s arrest and a subsequent scuffle with police ignited the action. She referred to the event not as a riot, but as “a rebellion, an uprising, it was a civil rights disobedience.” She would serve as a bouncer at many lesbian bars, and as a member of the Stonewall Veterans’ Association, being known as a rough-and-tumble protector and guardian of the local LGBTQ+ community.

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In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating queer pioneers! Ernestine Eckstein was one of the first Black women on the forefront of the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the 1960’s, putting her knowledge from the Civil Rights movement to good...

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating queer pioneers! Ernestine Eckstein was one of the first Black women on the forefront of the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the 1960’s, putting her knowledge from the Civil Rights movement to good use.
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After college, she moved to New York City where she grew into her identity as a lesbian and decided to join the movement for LGBTQ+ rights. After a friend explained the term “gay” to her, she said, “Then all of a sudden things began to click … the next thing on the agenda was to find a way of being in the homosexual movement.”
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Eckstein often demonstrated for LGBTQ+ rights as the only woman of color among other white protestors, connecting the dots between Black Civil Rights and LGBTQ+ rights. She eventually became a leader in the New York chapter of Daughters of Bilitis, as well as other Black feminist organizations like Black Women Organized for Action (BWOA). She was in favor of doing away with labels, and uniting people together as people alone. “I’d like to find a way of getting all classes of homosexuals involved together in the movement.“ 💪

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Gwen Ann Smith founded Transgender Day of Remembrance in 1999 to honor those from the trans community who lost their lives during the past year, often due to violence or self-harm, and disproportionately affecting trans people of color. Take a moment...

Gwen Ann Smith founded Transgender Day of Remembrance in 1999 to honor those from the trans community who lost their lives during the past year, often due to violence or self-harm, and disproportionately affecting trans people of color. Take a moment to remember those from the trans community who lost their lives in 2020. We’ll start with remembrance, then turn to resilience.

Source: pflag.org/blog/transgender-day-remembrance-2020

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transempowerment: “Aaron Philip, a Black trans disabled model, wrote a quote that sums up the work we have ahead of us. For many of us, there is much healing to be done not just from the last few days of the election cycle, and not just from the last...
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Aaron Philip, a Black trans disabled model, wrote a quote that sums up the work we have ahead of us.

For many of us, there is much healing to be done not just from the last few days of the election cycle, and not just from the last four years, but from lives and generations full of harm and trauma. While our work is not over, and no president can lead us to liberation from oppressive systems, we also need to find and make space for healing and love.

Love – both of the self and of each other – is revolutionary, and necessary for life. Now really is the time to love louder and more tangibly than ever. Healing is not a waste of time in the midst of suffering; it is crucial.

[ID: Floral background overlaid with a pink to blue gradient. White text reads “Now is the time to love louder and more tangibly than ever.” “Love” is in a cursive font. Below, a brown horizontal banner frames white text reading “Aaron Philip,” and the Trans Empowerment Project logo.]

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This Congressional Staffer Quit Capitol Hill To Fight For Black Liberation

After graduating college, Stephon Bradberry landed what many would consider a dream job working on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. 

But disillusioned by their coworkers’ inaction around Black issues, Stephon took a huge leap of faith, quitting their job to work on We, Too, Are America, a nonprofit focused on uplifting Black voices and relentlessly pursuing liberation for all Black people. 

Stephon’s work now focuses on dismantling white supremacy, building anti-racist frameworks, and developing radical political imagination to achieve a more just world.

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